Eve of Destruction
Thomas M. Nichols
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Description for Eve of Destruction
Hardback. In an age of new threats to international security, the old rules of war are rapidly being discarded by the great powers. This study explores how and why states will exercise the preventive use of force in the twenty-first century, and how this violence might be contained and controlled. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 431.
In an age of new threats to international security, the old rules of war are rapidly being discarded. The great powers are moving toward norms less restrictive of intervention, preemption, and preventive war. This evolution is taking place not only in the United States but also in many of the world's most powerful nations, including Russia, France, and Japan, among others. As centuries of tradition and law are overturned, will preventive warfare push the world into chaos?
Eve of Destruction is a provocative contribution to a growing international debate over the acceptance of preventive military action. In the first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812240665
SKU
V9780812240665
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About Thomas M. Nichols
Thomas M. Nichols is Professor of Strategy and Forrest Sherman Chair of Public Diplomacy at the United States Naval War College. His previous books include The Russian Presidency and Winning the World: Lessons for America's Future from the Cold War.
Reviews for Eve of Destruction
"Thomas Nichols transcends sterile debates about Iraq and the Bush Doctrine and points instead to the fundamental erosion in two long-standing international norms: the inviolability of state sovereignty and the unacceptability of preventive war. These profound changes are driven by the very real threat of mass casualty suicide terrorism as well as humanitarian disasters and the problem of failed states. ... Read more